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ignited (gime @aient @Mira s. e. DELANO, oE ARGENTINE, MICHIGAN.

. Letters Paten-t No. 100,735, dated March 15, 1870.

IMPRQVED Arr-.romeno CRADLE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pail ol tne same theletters oifreference marked thereon, and being a part 'of' this specification, in which,-

Figurel is a perspectivelview of my cradle.

I Figure i?.` isI an elevation 'of the clock-work case, showing Ithemethod of -connecting the 'pendulum .to `th cradle, and the fan-arm to .the pendu um.

Like letters indicate like parts in each gure.

The naturefof this` invention relates to anirnprovc ment ih the construction of aninfants` cradle, by means of which the necessity of an attendant to` rock the cradle and' keep away flies and yinsects is dispensed with. I V I `The invention consists in a cradle properly hung or jonrnaled in upright standards, to which cradle-a vif 4bratorymo'ron is .given by means of springs andclockwork of ordinary construction; and in a new and peculiar method ot' moving a ian suspended over the cradle, the whole so arranged that thecradle and fan, 'or either of them, may be .operated together or sep` I arately. y

I This invention is more especially' designed as an improvementupon that for which Letters Patent were issued'to me on September 1, 1868, and numbered 81,757. I I

. In the drawings- Arepresen ts an infants cradle, suspended from linifef edge bearings projecting inward from the standards B.

C is the clock-work, of ordinary construction, con- I set forth.

taiped in a suitable case, between which and the head of thecradlefthe pendulum-rod D is caused to oscillate, said rod having its extremity turned inward to form an arm, a. I I E is a plate having an upward-'opening slot near one end, and pivoted at b to the head ofthe cradle.

l" is the fan-lever pivotedto thelstandard,as shown, and is operated by the pendulum-rod playing in a loop in itslower arm, which is turned laterally for the purpose of forming the connection. The loop at the end of the arm is so constructed that it may be readily' detached from. thependulnm-rod when it is not desired to vibrate the fan.

- The ,connection l between Vthe cradle is 'formed by `movingI up the slotted end of the leveror plate E un- .vibrated conjointly, or either of them alone. If there be no insects to annoy the infant, the fan` may be allowed to rest, or, after the infant is asleep, the cradle is 'setat restby-disconnecting the plate E from the pendulum-rod and the fan is continued in operation...

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The construction and arrangement of the connecting-plate E andfan-lever F, in connection with the cradle A and pendulum-,rod D, operated by any snitable clock-work, vin the manner and for the purpose s.' e. DELANo. i

`Witne`sses H. F. EBERTS, H. S. SPRAGUE. 

